The Last Mercenary (1968 film)

The Last Mercenary
The Last Mercenary
	Original film poster
Directed by	Dieter Müller (Mel Welles)
Screenplay by	Ricardo Ferrer ; Julian Salvador; Manfred R. Köhler
Produced by	George Ferrer
Starring	Ray Danton; Pascale Petit
Cinematography	José Climent
Music by	Bruno Nicolai
Release date	1968;
Running time	99 minutes
Countries	Spain; Italy; West Germany

The Last Mercenary is a 1968 Spanish/West German/Italian international co-production of a modern-day Western. It was directed by Mel Welles who was uncredited for financial funding reasons.^[1] The film was shot in Rio de Janeiro and Spain.

Plot

Following service in the Congo Crisis, two mercenary comrades in arms go their separate ways to new assignments. Mark Anderson flies to Rio de Janeiro where he is hired to protect mineral mines in the interior of Brazil from saboteurs. The saboteurs have hired his friend.

Cast

Ray Danton - Mark/Marco Anderson
Pascale Petit - Maria
Günther Stoll - The Man in Black
George Rigaud - Manuel de Lagos
Inma de Santis - Isabel
Vicente Roca - Gomez
Carl Möhner - Steinmann
Piero Sciumè - Felipe
Salvo Basile - Mine foreman
Mel Welles - Head villain

References

^ Paul, Louis Mel Welles Interview Tales from the Cult Film Trenches Interviews with 36 Actors from Horror, Science Fiction and Exploitation Cinema McFarland, 06/09/2007

External links

The Last Mercenary at IMDb

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[1] Paul, Louis Mel Welles Interview Tales from the Cult Film Trenches Interviews with 36 Actors from Horror, Science Fiction and Exploitation Cinema McFarland, 06/09/2007

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